Posts by Edward Neal

Glad you made it home safe - and you are correct, Death Valley is without a doubt a unique and beautiful place

Not that I will be getting one, but when would 2020 models normally be expected to be released? - - - I haven't followed past years so I don't know when Polaris normally comes out with the new year models.

today at the Whitewater Preserve

Quote from SoCal

Dipped my windshield / mirrors in Rainx

AND trying this out. I put Rainx on the rear wheel inside hub. Anxious to see if it keeps the dust/dirt down or off. 😎 5AM launch

I was thinking about trying rainx, even stopped at both autozone and o'relies by my house and neither one carries the RainX for plastic

I have read that regular rainx will damage plastic windshields and helmet face shields so I guess I will he to order the plastic formula from Amazon

The only thing I miss about not having an automatic is the almost instant downshift you can get when you punch it to pass someone or to make a light - other than that for driving the mountain roads and my everyday driving I get pleasure from the connection to the experience that the manual transmission gives me, it keeps me more involved

In most cars I would probably opt for an automatic, but in a sports car, motorcycle or a Jeep for off roading I prefer a manual

no right or wrong to it - its just what I like

Quote from wjfyfe

I believe that when somebody says that they will not purchase a SlingShot simply because it has a clutch, it is only an excuse. Give these folks an automatic and they will simply come up with a different excuse not to buy it!

Bill

Your probably right - just an excuse

Quote from FunCycle

Hey, I finally installed mine. I have not really checked it out yet. But I can say Sport Plus is kind of touchy.

yea - I only tried sport+ one time and it was way to touchy for me. I have just left mine at sport on the default center setting and I am getting very adjusted to it - even drove it in the rain earlier this week and was ready to turn it off, but ended up just leaving it. my foot is getting very comfortable being easy on the pedal when needed

who knows after I have had it on the sport setting for a really long time I might try sport plus again - might not seem so touchy then

Quote from Bigdog

if the motor is currently used in something else and has a track record....that’s one thing but if it’s just now new from the ground up....I wouldn’t be in line to buy....same with the tranny unless it has a few years of usage...

if you think about it probably only 1/4 of the population can drive a stick so ignoring the people that can’t is eliminating a lot of potential sales.

I must admit that I find it hard to understand how anyone would let not knowing how to use a clutch and shift keep them from getting a vehicle they really wanted. - Learn!!!

when I got my first motorcycle as a kid I had never used a clutch or had to shift - not once in my life. my total experience up to that point was riding minibikes with centrifugal clutches and no gears. My parents drove me to the Honda dealership where we haggled and ended up buying a brand new Honda CB 100 - - when we were done with the paper work my parents said "see you at home" and got in the car and left. - - the sales person briefly explained to me the 1 down 4 up shift pattern and that was it - - - got on the bike and learned how to shift on the 10 mile ride home - - after the first block or so I never really thought about it again

It was the same thing the first time I drove a manual transmission car, I just got in and applied what I knew from my motorcycle experiences and off I drove.

The idea that someone would really love a vehicle but then decide they cant have it because they are unwilling to learn something is just beyond my comprehension

It isnt brain surgery

I taught my daughter how to drive a stick on the short drive home from buying her first car - a used Miata that she just had to have and wasnt letting a stick shift stop her

Now, just to be clear, I can totally understand that some people just cant drive a stick for physical reasons and I think it is great if these people have the option, but not getting a Slingshot you really want because you are too lazy to learn something new? - - - - - WOW!

Quote from SoCal

You can never be too cautious in the desert. I was in 29 Palms once were there was 2 feet of water in town and I had to wait it out at the gas station on my motorcycle. Rain storms and flash floods go hand-in-hand. It only took about an hour for it to recede.

The desert can be an angry place in a rainstorm .

The road has been closed for many years now, but back in the early 70's my father and I took a trip up Surprise Canyon to Panamint City - an old Sliver mining ghost town on the outskirts of Death Valley that was almost completely wiped out by flash floods - - the entire drive up the canyon in our 4x4 K5 blazer my father was so concerned that at every little trickle of water across the road we would stop and get out and check it before crossing

Panamint City CA

Probably don't need to tell you this, but be careful with any water running across the desert roads. even if the rain seems far away it can come out of the canyons and cause flooding. Other than that please take lots of pictures and share them here

Last November the voters here in California voted to authorized the State congress to keep us from falling back - - of course the congress has done nothing about it so instead of doing what the vast majority of us voted for - we set out clocks back

idiot politicians cant even get something as simple as this done

If going to and from work counts I am riding

Supposed to be raining today, but this looks like perfect riding weather to me - unfortunately I am stuck here at work looking out at it

Well I guess I jinxed myself - light rain for the entire ride home —- oh well

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Been watching my weather radar app for the last hour or so - - this app is normally dead on at showing the rain, but today not so much

For all of the last hour it has showed light rain, but looking outside not a drop, even checked my home outdoor cameras thinking that perhaps it just was going around my location and not a drop there either

Quote from WOLF

I answered your question.

Calm down. Go breathe into a bag or something.

Sorry for explaining that it isn't a partisan decision before answering your question.

Not sure how, " I have to take his word without evidence to the contrary.", isn't an answer to...

"do you really believe Schiff when he says he doesnt know who the whistle blower is???"

I mean WOW!!! Seems like clear English to me.

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Trying to have a conversation with you is like talking to this

Happy B-Day!!!

Quote from WOLF

Much like when Donald Trump said, "I'm very good down there, trust me", I have to take his word without evidence to the contrary.

why cant you just answer the question?

and why you do you always try to justify things by what others have done - do you really believe if someone else does something wrong it makes it okay for others to do something wrong?

seriously - you do this all the time when you are asked questions - instead of just saying yes or no or answering the question - you come up with some justification that isnt an answer

I don't know why I even bother asking you anything - I should know better

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who? What lie?

not sure what specifically FunCycle is talking about, but do you really believe Schiff when he says he doesnt know who the whistle blower is???